Managing Application Compatibility In Windows 7

Managing Application Compatibility in Windows 7
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Work at Texas Instruments
STEP Member for Windows 7
Xpertised in Application Setups & Deployment (MVP)
Xtremely passionate about Technology Evangelism
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Questions !!

Biggest Concern of Application Compatibility*

Session Outline
Topics Covered
Points to look at when you are moving to Windows 7 from XP and Vista.
Quick Demos of these issues and mitigations
Topics Not Covered
Detail coverage of shims and its implementation
Virtualization solutions in detail

Windows 7 Builds on Vista
Few Changes: Most software that runs on Windows Vista will run on Windows 7 - exceptions will be low level code (AV, Firewall, Imaging, etc).
Hardware that runs Windows Vista well will run Windows 7 well.
Few Changes: Focus on quality and
reliability improvements
Deep Changes: New models for security, drivers, deployment, and networking

Top Focus Areas coming from Windows XP
Operating System Version Changes
Standard User / User Account Control (UAC)
Windows Resource Protection (WRP)
Internet Explorer® Protected Mode
Impacts of 64-bit Operating Systems (no 16 bit)
Windows Filtering Platform
Deprecations/GINA/Session 0 (High Impact/Low Frequency)

Top Focus Areas coming from Vista
Operating System Version Changes
Internet Explorer 8 (Compatibility View, LCIE)
Removal of Windows Gallery applications (Windows Mail, Movie Maker, Messenger, Address Book, Photo Gallery)
National Language Support (NLS) Sorting Changes
File Libraries (they are not folders)

Demo
UAC, Version Number, WRP and Session 0 Issues

Tools for Enterprise

Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.5

What is ACT?
Collection of tools to:
Inventory for software, hardware, and device assets
Compatibility evaluation for all of the above
Get Vendor Support Statements, Logo data from Compatibility Exchange
Recommendations for fixing applications and Websites (Internet Explorer 8)
Tools to apply compatibility fixes or “shims” to applications

ACT Process

Update
Windows 7
Inventory
High Level Architecture
4
Desktop Topology
Compatibility Exchange
2
Finance
HR
Europe
North America
Log Processing Service and DB
Internet
Data Collection Package/Compatibility Evaluators
3
Application Compatibility Manager
1
Windows Vista
Greg
Ichiro

Demo
ACT Walkthrough

Changebase AOK

What is AOK?
A product from Changebase (a gold certified partner of Microsoft)
AOK application has a light-weight, multi-threaded Microsoft .Net and SQL-based architecture, providing a fast, reliable and scalable platform
Application incompatibility identified, fixed and monitored Automatically
Different Colour codes to show the AppCompat process.
Customized Reporting – XML and PDF
Unique utilities for Automated QA and Drag and Drop import of legacy apps and non-MSI apps

High level architecture
Applications
Environment
Middleware
O/S
Platform compatibility
MSI’s
Non-MSI’s
Remediated
MSI’s
MSI
repository
Loads the application
automatically
Concise RAG
Reports

Demo
AOK Walkthrough

Virtualization solutionsfor AppCompat

Virtualization Solutions for AppCompat

Remote Application Hosting
Data Center
Reduces client-side regression testing, patching, OS to OS conflicts
Applications can be closer to centralized data, speeding operations
Rapid application deployments and easier patching
Desktops

Desktop Virtualization
Centrally manage Virtual PCs
Simplify Virtual PC image delivery and update
Seamless presentation of windows in a Virtual PC

Virtualize Applications
Isolates applications from each other
Minimizes app-to-app conflicts and compatibility testing
Enhances application provisioning
Provide real-time usage reports

Demo
Windows XP Mode

Summing up..
AppCompat is a critical Process
Microsoft takes this very seriously
Lots of free tools available online to help with developers and ITPros
With all the work and leveraging Windows 7, You will know that,
“ THE JUICE IS WORTH THE SQUEEZE ..!!”

References
Chris Jackson - http://blogs.msdn.com/cjacks/
AppCompat VRT - www.microsoft.com/springboard
Microsoft TechNet - technet.com/appcompat
My Technical Blog - http://www.msigeek.com
Follow me on Twitter at “msigeek”
Contact AOK ChangeBase team at - dawn.clifton@changebase.com

Managing Application Compatibility In Windows 7

by Vijay Raj on Oct 23, 2009

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